Teradata and SAP Expand Partnership: Responding to customer demand for accelerated, unified access to detailed enterprise data for improved business visibility, the partnership aims to deliver a seamlessly integrated and scalable solution that lowers total cost of ownership and consolidates data on one database platform, according to Teradata. Companies that use both Teradata and SAP products have various databases for their data warehouses, and use different business intelligence (BI) tools to analyze that data. Most have at least one SAP NetWeaver BW data warehouse. As a result of the new agreement, customers will benefit from an integrated end-to-end offering, including data warehouse infrastructure and management and BI tools, according to Teradata. Read More…

Sybase Adds Time Series Analytics to its Capital Markets Platform: Sybase, Inc., an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software, today announced the launch of RAP - The Trading Edition™ Enterprise with built-in time series analytics. Sybase RAP is now the only solution to comprise built-in time series analytics, a market data platform, ultra low latency, and streaming data analytics in a single product-an enhancement to the very successful market analytics platform that is already helping dozens of capital markets firms make better trading and portfolio decisions across their trade lifecycle. Read More…

Infohrm to Co-Present with Health Net at the 2009 Oracle HCM Users Group: Infohrm, the global leader in workforce planning, reporting and analytics today announced that Mick Collins, Vice-President of Marketing for Infohrm North America, will co-present with Regan Klein, Senior Workforce Planning Analyst, of Health Net, at the 2009 Oracle HCM Users Group (OHUG) Conference on June 17, 2009 in Las Vegas. The presentation, titled “Workforce Analytics in the Healthcare Industry: Applying Data to Business Decisions at Health Net” will illustrate how, as Health Net’s culture evolves into one that emphasizes fast-paced, nimble decision-making and a market-facing growth orientation, the company uses workforce analytics to push powerful insights to business leaders. Read More…

Vertica Participates in EMC Competency Center: Vertica announced that it is participating in the new EMC Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence/Analytics Competency Center to provide customers with a “one stop shopping” experience for determining the appropriate solution to meet their data warehouse/business intelligence needs. The Competency Center brings together engineering resources from EMC and the leading data warehouse/business intelligence vendors to leverage their software with EMC CLARiiON and EMC Symmetrix networked storage systems to provide an optimized storage area network (SAN) solution for data warehouse/business intelligence. Together, Vertica and EMC plan to offer organizations an optimized data warehouse solution based on tight integration of the Vertica Analytic Database and EMC storage systems that deliver on customer demands for ease of use, high reliability and power efficiency. Read More…

Xelleration Wins the Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution Demo Contest: Microsoft has announced Xelleration to be one of the top 3 winners of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution Demo Contest. Xelleration was one of the participants in this contest and submitted a Sales KPI Dashboard Solution that leverages SharePoint MOSS 2007, Performance Point Server 2007 and Windows Gadgets. The solution is used to display KPI’s on a UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer) Hand Held Device with data getting updated incrementally on a scheduled basis. This data can come from any Transactional System (Dynamics, Siebel, etc.) and the KPI’s are defined in a data cube. The Windows Gadget is the presentation layer of the solution. Read More…

Software Appliance by Composite Software and Motio Automates Key BI Steps: Composite Software, Inc., the data virtualization leader, and Motio, Inc., the recognized leader in providing advanced software for IBM-Cognos BI deployments, today began shipping the new Composite BI Accelerator. Jointly developed by Composite and Motio, the Composite BI Accelerator automates currently cumbersome tasks in the BI lifecycle. The initial release, a self-contained appliance, has been optimized for IBM-Cognos environments. This is the first end-to-end solution that automates steps throughout the BI process. Read More…

Oracle Business Intelligence Links into JD Edwards: Oracle’s latest release of its Business Intelligence Applications (Release 7.9.6) has now been certified for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP solution. The announcement applies to EnterpriseOne Financial Management versions 8.11SP1, 8.12, and 9.0, and means that users can improve visibility across financial and management teams, in terms of, for example, receivables, payables, expenses and revenue contributions. It follows earlier certification for Oracle E-Business Suite (11i10 and R12), PeopleSoft Enterprise (8.9 and 9.0) and Oracle’s Siebel CRM (8.0 and 8.1.1) - all with pre-built extract, transform and load (ETL) maps. Read More…

AsiaInfo Holdings Signs Deals to Upgrade Business Intelligence Systems: AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. said it has signed contracts with seven China Mobile subsidiaries in Chongqing, Liaoning, Qinghai, Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and Tibet to upgrade Business Intelligence systems to accommodate the rollout of China Mobile’s TD-SCMDA 3G network. The upgrade will add TD data analysis capabilities to existing systems at the seven China Mobile subsidiaries, allowing them to perform detailed data analysis on voice and value-added service usage by TD customers. Read More…

AmberPoint Turns to InetSoft for Embedded Performance Reporting Solution: Technology, an innovator in dashboard, reporting and analysis solutions, today announced the embedding of its Web-based reporting application, Style Report Enterprise, by AmberPoint, the leading provider of solutions for governing and managing composite applications. AmberPoint manages the health and well-being of distributed enterprise applications. Its software products enable organizations to better understand system behavior, manage each transaction flowing across their distributed environments, and implement policies that automate performance management, remedy exceptional conditions and uphold security. Read More…

SafeAuto Adopts Business Analytics Solution From Audatex North America: Under the agreement, SafeAuto will implement Audatex Insight, the industry’s best-in-class business analytics solution which delivers real-time, highly accessible data enabling claims personnel to make better decisions and improve performance. Independent appraisers and SafeAuto staff appraisers will continue relying on Audatex software to process vehicle damage and provide unbiased repair estimates to collision repairers. SafeAuto staff will also manage auto claims and repair workflow with Audatex Claims Manager, and vehicle total loss settlements with Autosource. Audatex North America, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for the automotive claims processing industry, today announced that it has signed a multi-year renewal with SafeAuto Insurance Company. Based in Columbus, Ohio, SafeAuto serves policy holders in 14 states across the Midwest,Arizona and Texas. Read More…

Idhasoft Introduces “Packaged Analytics” for SAP Business All-in-One Solutions: Idhasoft, a gold-level SAP channel partner, today announced its Idhasoft Packaged Analytics solution in support of SAP Business All-in-One solutions. The new solution is a key component of its full line of industry solutions targeting the midmarket. Idhasoft now provides packaged analytic content developed with SAP BusinessObjects Edge software targeted for new and existing customers using SAP Business All-in-One. Idhasoft Packaged Analytics provide ad-hoc query and analysis as well as user-driven reporting that pulls extensive information directly from the SAP ERP application and depicts it in vibrant, interactive graphic formats that make it easy for management to view key business trends and support better, more fully informed decision making. Today’s announcement was made at SAPPHIRE 2009, being held here May 11-14, where Idhasoft is exhibiting in booth 125. Read More…

ITCourseware Releases Microsoft Business Intelligence Courseware: ITCourseware, LLC, has entered into a reseller agreement with Ron Davis, author of the highly-touted Accelerated Microsoft Business Intelligence: From SQL 2008 through SharePoint and Office 2007 Business Intelligence training course. This four-day, comprehensive course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft End-to-End business solutions using SQL Server 2008 in an integrated environment with SharePoint and Office 2007. The course introduces the students to Microsoft Unified Data Model, SQL 2008 Analysis Services, Integration Services, Reporting Services, Report Builder 2.0, SharePoint 2007 Integration, Reporting Services Content Types, Business Data Catalog, and Business Intelligence with Excel 2007 and Visio 2007. Read More…

Aster Group and Decision First Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership: Aster Group and Decision First, two leading SAP BusinessObjects solution provider partners, will be announcing a strategic partnership to deliver a unified go-to-market strategy encompassing both performance management and business intelligence (BI). Together the two companies can provide customers with a more complete offering to help optimize customers’ business performance. “With the convergence of performance management and BI in the marketplace, it only made sense for Aster and Decision First to join forces,” affirms Taylor Courtnay, president of Decision First. Read More…

Attaain Adds Hoover’s Info to its Competitive Business Intelligence System: Attaain Inc. today announced a licensing agreement with Hoover’s, Inc., for the integration of the extensive Hoover’s database of companies and executives into the AttaainCI market and competitive business intelligence system. AttaainCI is a leading web-based solution for business development, sales, marketing and competitive intelligence research, analysis and tracking. The system is used by companies in a wide range of industries to identify and track key sales prospects, customer growth opportunities, competitor activities, strategic partner prospects, industry developments and more, across single or multiple lines of business. The system provides real-time competitive business intelligence to drive strategic decision making in areas such as: business development, sales and sales management, marketing, product development and management, merger/acquisition/investment activities, corporate strategic planning and top management decision making across all company disciplines. Read More…

SAS Software Supports Governance, Risk and Compliance: With the global economy ailing, businesses need to actively manage risk, accurately track regulatory compliance and precisely measure and forecast economic capital to support business strategies. To avoid potential disaster but also uncover opportunities for growth, an effective governance, risk and compliance (GRC) program is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. Read More…